it's as if we've learned nothing from history the 34th us president dwight d. eisenhower warned the public about unwarranted influences when he left office over 60 years ago in the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military industrial complex . the but potentially by the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. we must never let the weight of this combination in danger are limiting our democratic process. we should take nothing for granted. in the american people don't want war presidents always run as the peace candidate and then you know we never did leave the starwars even richard nixon during the vietnam war was only elected because he was seeing he had a secret plan for ending the vietnam war as it turned out the secret plan was to escalate the war and more troops and enlarged it works all of you know these large monopolistic companies wanting to get a huge bunch of money the light threats of war they like active war. you know the other war mongers and they have a

d-day landing. i am sure dwight eisenhower would have appreciated this work. eisenhower always said the real hero of world war ii is g.i. joe. i am pleased to introduce dr. john mcmanus. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. everybody hear me okay? good. i'll try to keep the microphone at the proper level. if not, please do yell out. thank you for that wonderful introduction. i really appreciate it. like to thank all the folks who made this possible, obviously our hosts here at getties berg college, the eisenhower institute, all of you for making the time to come here and listen to me and listen to the brilliant scholars who have proceeded me. it's a tough act to follow so, please indulge me. i'll do my best. what struck me when dr. simons was talking abili was talking aboutiz eisenhower' decision, he has all this air power to his disposal, naval power, technological power, ground power, this prestigious military might. in coiled spring. then he makes that decision and it's out of his hands. it's out of his hands and it's in the hands of really not just the ge

former department justice officials who have served every presidential administration since dwight d. eisenhower. and in a moment i'm going to speak to two who signed the letter including jeffrey harris. pamela brown is out front live outside the white house tonight. and pamela, look, it's stunning and detailed rebuke. it is now -- i mean the number of people, right, originally we started at 370, and now we're north of 400, almost 500. any response from the white house? >> reporter: that number continues to grow. no official response from the white house tonight, erin. but one official i spoke with brushed off this letter seizing on the fact special counsel mueller didn't conclude trump committed a crime, saying that's the only prosecutor's opinion that matters not the opinion of those who signed onto this letter according to this official. now, even though mueller didn't exonerate the president on obstruction, president trump has repeatedly touted he's been completely exonerated, which is raising the question now, erin, why he is seemingly reversing course and saying mueller should not testify

this year we are celebrating president dwight d eisenhower. it usually has some sort of theme relating to their presidency. this year is the helicopter because president eisenhower was the first president to ride in a helicopter. >> you came to the association with a relatively new president. tell me the story of how you came to be -- you are associated previously. i would like to hear that story. >> i first met stuart many years ago when i was at mount vernon doing research. my dissertation was on george washington's tomb and the memory of george washington in the 19th century. i started researching there in 2012 or 2011. it was before they had the smith library. at that point, the staff and materials were crammed into the cunningham administration building. it was tight quarters. we inevitably crossed paths. i asked if he wanted to grab coffee sometime. we kept in contact. then i continued in my graduate studies. he left mount vernon, and then he ended up landing at the white house historical association and then two years later, i defended

army's chief of staff george marshall and general dwight d eisenhower. he examines their tactical decisions to win the war. mr. mills is a military history professor with the u.s. army .ommand the kansas city public library hosted this event. it's just over an hour. >> good evening. the public affairs staff here at the kansas city public library and thank you all for being here tonight. it's great to have you. ourt to have david mills, speaker. tonight's program has been a long time in coming. david was originally scheduled to be here in february but was weather, bybad winter weather, and we are so happy that he hung with us and so happy to have him here now. this happens to be kind of a city confluence of kansas public library programming. it's the latest in our series with the u.s. army command and general staff college in fort onvenworth

army's chief of staff george marshall and general dwight d eisenhower. he examines their tactical decisions to win the war. mr. mills is a military history professor with the u.s. army .ommand the kansas city public library hosted this event. it's just over an hour. >> good evening. the public affairs staff here at the kansas city public library and thank you all for being here tonight. it's great to have you. ourt to have david mills, speaker. tonight's program has been a long time in coming. david was originally scheduled to be here in february but was weather, bybad winter weather, and we are so happy that he hung with us and so happy to have him here now. this happens to be kind of a city confluence of kansas public library programming. it's the latest in our series with the u.s. army command and general staff college in fort on marking 75 years since world war ii, but it also comes in the middle of the library's partnership, and it's withjanuary through may the eisenhower presidential library and foundation in abilene, and it's on the dwight exhibit

we showed earlier the comments of do dwight d. eisenhower, his letter to the troops just before the invasion. a famous photo of him speaking with the 101st airborne. he was looking confident, but you write that he was quite concerned afterwards. and you said, afterwards he broke into tears after he wrote this. there was a womanr-old anglo-irish who he got into the jeep with after he paid farewell to everyone, and she said he had tears in his eyes. he said to her that it was very hard to look the americans in the eyes and no he is sending that guy to his death. it is a famous cliche, but i love him, the front he showed, the charm, when you look at the original film, the blue eyes, and the smile, not a moment of fear or intimidation that he shows to these young americans. he was a great leader and showed great confidence, but he was not confident at all. that were so many orders he had to use a lead pencil. he had a constant ring in his right ear. many cigarettes a day, very little sleep, basically a nervous wreck. but he was stoic for the gen

we showed the comments of dwight d. eisenhower to the troops, a photo in your book, of him speaking with the 101st airborne paratroopers looking very confident but you write that he was quite concerned afterwards and actually you said afterwards that he broke into tears after he left this. >> yes. he set his driver she was very attractive indeed. he got into the jeep with her after he made farewell to the airborne and she said that he had tears in his eyes. he said to her it is very hard to look a young american in the eyes and you know you're sending him to his death. >> i love him. there is a front he shows, the charm. when you look at the original film, the blue eyes, the smile. not a moment of fear or hesitation he shows to these young americans. he is a great leader but he wasn't confident at all. he signed so many orders, that he had to use a lead pencil. he had a constant ringing in his rate ear and smoked a lot of cigarettes a day. but he didn't show it to his senior generals or men who were about to fight and die for him.

the eisenhower institute at getties berg college and the dwight d eisenhower society co-hosted this.manus is the first ever in humanities to be named curator's disti

we showed earlier the comments of do dwight d. eisenhowerhis letter to the troops just before the invasion. a famous photo of him speaking with the 101st airborne. he was looking confident, but you write that he was quite concerned afterwards. and you said, afterwards he broke into tears after he wrote this. there was a womanr-old anglo-irish who he got into the jeep with after he paid farewell to everyone, and she said he had tears in his eyes. he said to her that it was very hard to look the americans in the eyes and no he is sending that guy to his death. it is a famous cliche, but i love him, the front he showed, the charm, when you look at the original film, the blue eyes, and the smile, not a moment of fear or intimidation that he shows to these young americans. he was a great leader and showed great confidence, but he was not confident at all. that were so many orders he had to use a lead pencil. he had a constant ring in his right ear. many cigarettes a day, very little sleep, basically a nervous wreck. but he was stoic for the gener

the night before d-day, the day before this famous photo of supreme commander dwight eisenhower was taken, i happen to know president eisenhower's granddaughter, susan, and we were chatting one day about this famous photo which occupies such an extraordinary place in our history, our folkloring our memory as a nation. and she said jeff, you know what the president, the general was speaking about in that photo? i'd always made an assumption that, again, these young men who are getting ready to paratroop behind enemy lines the day before d-day were being given a last talk by the general about the immediate for courage and

the night before d-day, the day before this famous photo of supreme commander dwight eisenhower was taken, i happen to know president eisenhower's granddaughter, susan, and we were chatting one day about this famous photo which occupies such an extraordinary place in our history, our folkloring our memory as a nation. and she said jeff, you know what the president, the general was speaking about in that photo? i'd always made an assumption that, again, these young men who are getting ready to paratroop behind enemy lines the day before d-day were being given a last talk by the general about the immediate for courage and persistence, the need to think of what it means to be in the face of a barbaric aggressor. the need to fight hard and solemnly to obey orders and take care of their friends, the need to win the day. that's what i would have thought. that's what i would have guessed. susan eisenhower said no. you know what the general is peaking about? fly-fishing. and football. now why would he do that at this critical moment, this mont of tension and fear and adrenaline? why would he do t